I have not played some of the other fighter plane games such as Top gun and F.A.S.T. so I can’t compare this to them. But I was hoping this could be a good game and would give me some enjoyment.

Gameplay

When I first started this and hit new game, I was all ready to shoot down some bad guys. Then my plane went spinning out of control. I didn’t know what was going on. I realised after a bit that the standard holding position of my itouch is actually counted as tilting up. So I kept dropping the level more and more until it levelled. By the time it did I was hunched over on my bed playing it. And I felt this wasn’t comfortable at all. But don’t take this as a bad paragraph as there is a calibrate option. It just wasn’t in the main menu where most are. Instead it was in the in-game pause menu. And recalibrating was simple enough.

The objective is to shoot the alien ships for points. You also can’t let the humans on the ground die. There are small ships to shoot which are just for points but if you destroy the big ones then you end the level. Its really just a high score game, not a story to it. To shoot you tap the right side of the screen. Unfortunately its a single shot gun which means repeated tapping. On the left side is your boost which, well obviously, boosts you faster.

Presentation

The graphics are not top notch and this would turn some people off but really they aren’t that bad. Explosions could do with some improvement I feel as though they look like pink smoke emitting from the ships. I think the ship looks nice and the enemies do too. Sometimes the grass on the ground gets lines across it. I’m not sure is this intended or is it a bug or something. But overall the graphics are good enough to do this game. Sound is good. You get a nice sound for your weapon and explosions sound good (although you dont see what you hear).

Cons

I think a game like this could do with more objective or a story too it. The gameplay is all good but I didnt play it for long times. If there was something I was working towards then I think i would play this a lot more.

Final Word

Once you fix your controls up you’ll be able to enjoy this game. I’m not sure for how long though as just as a high score game I didn’t find it too appealling. But there is still some enjoyment to be had.